Ooooooooh momma, they’re here! The rarest parts of the Tamiya Egress are here, fitted and looking TOTALLY awesome…she’s completed! Well, the chassis is completed, but by the Gods that’s a great feeling, and its taken just over 3 months to do it, fantastic!
So, I’ve had a few mails regarding the BF8 (4305247) & BF9 (4305246) front damper mounts, so before I go on, take a look at the photos’s below, you’ll see my lovely new mounts fitted and looking pretty darn amazing.
Now here comes the big announcement. These mounts have (no surprise) cost me a small fortune, but not for the reasons you think. I decided to take a leap of faith and looked into the feasibility of getting them reproduced at a local steel working company…which turned out to be pricey, but just about doable. The only caveat to that, was that I would need to sell quite a few of them to make my money back. I’m hoping that this isnt going to be toooooooo hard, as I know folks out there really want these, so hopefully I can shift a few sets on eBay and at least cover my costs. As you’ll see that they’re as near as dammit to the originals. There are a couple of microscopic differences to the originals, but I only spot these differences as I have an original set on another Egress to compare them too…and I’m a perfectionist, so I spot everything. But once mounted, man, you’d never know.
Take a look at the comparisons below:
So please bear with me while the rest are made and when they are, I’ll post them up on here with a link to eBay. And dont worry, I’m not going to try and shaft everyone with these, I’m simply going to be asking for £8.99 per pair with free shipping. Which isnt bad to say the originals go for SILLY money when they appear on eBay. I think the last one I saw was just BF8 and it went for over £30!!! Crazy.
Andrew Harris
July 31st, 2021 at 8:45 am
Hi I also am building an Egress and would love to know if you have produced anymore of these shock lower mounts, it’d be Awesome if you have made some more, if not what is the cost to make and ship please. Yours Andrew H
Egress1989
February 26th, 2021 at 5:42 pm
Just came across this blog. I am looking to build an Egress from spare parts collected over the years. Any chance the Front Damper Mount can be re-re-produced…? I am very much interested in getting a pair or 2.
Demarez
December 22nd, 2020 at 11:34 am
Dear sir Is it still possible to get one ? Best regards
DaveM
June 30th, 2020 at 9:53 pm
Will you be making any more of these? I'd certainly be interested.
Sendust
May 3rd, 2020 at 11:00 am
Or maybe you still have the mesures/dimensions of those parts and might be willing to share those ? Thanks and have a good day !
Sendust
May 2nd, 2020 at 1:15 pm
Hi, also very much interested in those parts. After the 2013 re-release it might be worth making another batch ? :)
-*Sporky*-
April 13th, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Hi, I would be interested in the pieces, do you still produce them?
ODS
February 5th, 2017 at 11:16 am
I'm undergoing an eerily similar project with an old Avante 2001 and these parts are nowhere to be found. What happens if you omit the metal mount and attach the shock directly to the arm? Is the shock long enough? Great blog btw!
ODS
February 5th, 2017 at 11:16 am
I'm at undergoing an eerily similar project with an old Avante 2001 and these parts are nowhere to be found. What happens if you omit the metal mount and attach the shock directly to the arm? Is the shock long enough? Great blog btw!
EgressMadMike
December 3rd, 2015 at 3:53 pm
I'm afraid not, they were rather expensive to get made and it took my about a year to sell them all. Sadly I fear that, that was the first and last batch. Thanks for the interest though and good luck with your project cars!
Leon
November 11th, 2015 at 8:27 pm
Hi Have you made anymore of these please.
Leon
November 11th, 2015 at 8:25 pm
Hi have you made more of these at all, need 3 sets for my projects. Thanks
EgressMadMike
October 22nd, 2013 at 9:48 am
Hey Matt, I'm all out I'm afriad, I'm really sorry.
matt
October 3rd, 2013 at 4:05 pm
just come across your blog, great work. I have an Avante 2001 but want to upgrade the shocks, do you have any of the bf front shock mount parts left? I know its unlikely, thought id ask tho.
EgressMadMike
April 11th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
I actually sold all the ones I'd had made really quickly, so I never got my wrists slapped ;) I sold them at a loss in the end, but the fun was in the journey ;)
tamiyadan
June 16th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Now that tamiya is cracking down on reproductions will this effect getting your mounts sold? I would still like to get a few sets :)
EgressMadMike
April 2nd, 2011 at 9:16 am
Hey Tamiyadan, nope, the tiny metal plates won't be supplied with the BF8 and BF9 parts, sorry man. I may look into this in the future though if these parts sell well and I can make my money back. Fingers crossed.
tamiyadan
March 30th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Do they come with the little plates that go into the suspension arms underneath the shock mounts that keep it from digging into the plastic?
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